Below are some the links which are about System center configuration manager 2007 which you can have it reference. How to - Step by Step setup of a System Center Configuration Manager test lab: http://blogs.technet.com/kevinsul_blog/archive/2010/01/07/how-to-information-on-how-to-install-and-configure-configmgr-for-testing-reloaded.aspx you can download a SCCM R2 Test Drive VHD: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0fadab7-0620-481d-a8b6-070001727c56&displaylang=en System Center TechNet Virtual Labs: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs/bb539977.aspx General SCCM Information: SCCM Home Page -http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/configurationmanager/en/us/default.aspx SCCM TechCenter - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/systemcenter/cm/default.aspx SCCM Documentation Library - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680651.aspx SCCM 2007 Case Studies - http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/configuration-manager/cm-case-studies.aspx myITforum - http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/ Training link from Bryan Kinnan - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/systemcenter/cm/ff597934.aspx Video link from Greg Paff - http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys/archive/2008/03/20/sccm-2007-and-microsoft-deployment-toolkit-video-walkthrough.aspx SCCM Blogs: http://blogs.technet.com/configmgrteam/default.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/wemd_ua_-_sms_writing_team/default.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/kevinsul_blog/default.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/default.aspx…
Author: Eswar Koneti
By default in SCCM,you do not have separate collections for Windows 7 or server 2008 OS as like you have in Windows XP and server 2003.You can create a query based collection using the following method/ query. collection for windows 7: Right click on collections and say new collection ,go to query based collection and paste the below syntax. select SMS_R_System.ResourceID,SMS_R_System.ResourceType,SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_System.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_System.Client from SMS_R_System where OperatingSystemNameandVersion like "%Workstation 6.1%" collection for Windows server 2008 or server 2008 R2: select SMS_R_System.ResourceID,SMS_R_System.ResourceType,SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_System.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup, SMS_R_System.Client from SMS_R_System where OperatingSystemNameandVersion like "%Server 6.0%" If you looking for server 2008 R2 ,the version…
Though the original post is avilable in windows-noob , having utilised the original task seqeunce, there are slight modifications done to carryout this task which are simple to upgrade WinXP to win7. To use the existing Task sequence in 64 Bit OS , you will have to create additional packages like USMT and Micrisoft runscanstate pacakges which are used to in exisitng TS. 1. Create a New package"USMT x64 Only" which will point to source directory c:\program files\WAIK\tools\USMT\amd64. Do not create any program for this. MAke it avialble on to DP. 2.Open notepad ,paste the below code and name it as…
Here are the some of the points which are summarized on how operating system deployment works in PXE/Media intiated. How OSD Works on a bare metal System when Media Intiated: 1. Administrator imports the information about the bare metal system to the SCCM database using ”import computer information wizard” If you are not running SCCM 2007 on R2.SMS provider inserts computer info into SCCM Databse (for more info look at SMS provider.log) 2. Admin prepares the task sequence for installation and targets to a collection which contains bare metal machines.If you are on SCCM R2 with service pack ,you can…
In a default installation, Windows creates the page file in the root folder on the same drive that holds the Windows system files. The size of the page file is determined by the amount of RAM in the system. By default, the minimum size on a 32-bit (x86) system is 1.5 times the amount of physical RAM if physical RAM is less than 1 GB, and equal to the amount of physical RAM plus 300 MB if 1 GB or more is installed. The default maximum size is three times the amount of RAM, regardless of how much physical RAM…
Sometimes we need the script to be encoded (might contains passwords in script or any sensitive information) and later to if you want to modify the encoded script,we need to have certials tools or methods to decode the script. If the script is encoded, you can see the extension file with .VBE means Visual Basic encrytion Are you looking for the tool/software to decrypt the encrypted vb script i.e .vbe files , Until and unless you decode it,you will not able to edit the script . How to encode VB Script , Script Encoder http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3375 here is an online editor…
Here is the simple script which can be set your computer information as your desktop wall paper . Download the file from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx to c:\BGInfo(in mycase it is).Extract and doubleclick on Bginfo.exe.Once you open ,you will see a lot of features on your computer which should displayed to onto computer.so select the required fields and delete remaining and go to File--->click on save as bginfo1.bgi on to c:\BGInfo. Now create a batch script called bginfo.cmd with the following command lines. @echo off Title Sets the computer information as desktop background c:\BGInfo\BGInfo.exe c:\BGInfo\bginfo1.bgi /timer:0 /accepteula once this is done,execute the batch script which…
Below is the script to change your desktop wallpaper. You just need to modify the script to point to the location where the 'wallpaper is located. You can then include this script in your Domain's Group Policy's login or startup script. ' ----------------------------Script to change Desktop Wallpaper----------------------------------------- dim wshShell dim sUserName Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") sUserName = wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%USERNAME%") Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") sWinDir = oFSO.GetSpecialFolder(0) sWallPaper = "C:\Users\eskonr\Pictures\Nice-Windows-7.jpg" ' update in registry oShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper", sWallPaper ' let the system know about the change oShell.Run "%windir%\System32\RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters", 1, True msgbox "done" You will have…